Magnetic resonance imaging parameters for assessing risk of recurrent hamstring injuries in elite athletes

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1500-1506

  Koulouris, George ^a   Connell, David A ^b   Brukner, Peter ^c   Schneider Kolsky, Michal ^a,d  

^a Victoria House Hospital   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); Hamstring; Magnetic resonance (MR); Muscle; Reinjury; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON; TENDON INJURY;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34548126168     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546507301258     Document Type: Article

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